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Read aboutthe fan support atSDSU’s gameslast weekend.

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As I made myway in, I beganto visualizeevery openingscene of everycrappy horrormovie I hadever seen ... If I stopped somewhere toget help, itwould be “TheTexas ChainsawMassacre” allover again. 4

San Diego State Chief Diversity OfficerDr. Aaron Bruce embarked on anovernight aircraft carrier from SanDiego to get a firsthand account of thelives of the men and women whoserve their country at sea.

The airplane decelerated from 128mph to a dead stop in about threeseconds and landed on the deck ofthe aircraft carrier. Compared to atraditional passenger plane, a mili-tary airplane requires travelers to sitfacing backward because of the bodyshock and force felt during the land.Although they include fewer ameni-ties than traditional airplanes, mili-tary planes are much safer.

According to the Naval Air Forces,promoting peace, safety, security andoverseas interests around the world is

the foundation for U.S. economic andsecurity concerns.

The invitation for this experience islimited to active leaders in the com-munity who would extend theirknowledge and experience to others.

There are currently 978 veteransenrolled at SDSU. The average fresh-man dropout rate for veterans is 7.5points less than the average of theoverall student body. Additionally, theaverage cumulative GPA is .21 pointshigher than the overall student body.

Bruce said he is concerned about allSDSU students and that it is importantto try to relate to the challenges veter-ans have experienced as they return.

“When they come to our campus, itis important that we respond to themas a diverse community,” Bruce said.“We want to make sure that we areacknowledging their identity and giv-ing them the support and recognitionthat they deserve.”

Bruce said SDSU is one of the lead-ing universities serving veterans in var-ious ways. He said it is important to besensitive and familiar with the diversitywithin the military, as well as the needsof the veterans.

Bruce said he realizes the immenseamount of leadership and leadershiptraining that comes with being part ofthe military. He said veterans’ separa-tion in culture, language and percep-tions of the world is what makes themexcellent leaders.

Student Veteran Organization stu-dent veteran Joel World was a marinestationed in Iraq for more than a yearin 2008. World said professors at SDSUare welcoming and sensitive to hisneeds. On many occasions, hisinstructors have made test and mili-tary-related accommodations. World isa huge fan of the university and appre-ciates the faculty and staff for support-ing student veterans.

SDSU has a Veterans Center locatedat Student Services that provides guid-ance for students aspiring to be in thearmed forces, the first to be created inthe California State University system.

“There is a huge veteran and ROTCpresence at state, which I love. I don’tfeel alone or isolated because of that,”World said. “It makes it easier for me tofeel like I have a place to continue hav-ing a positive impact for my communi-ty and country, even though I’m notserving on active duty anymore.”

Associated Students DiversityCommissioner Channelle McNuttsaid veterans make a significant sac-rifice for everyone to have freedomin the U.S.

“Veterans are the foundation of free-dom. It is imperative that we recognizethe efforts they made in order for us toenjoy liberties we possess,” McNuttsaid. “Without their hard work and ded-ication, we would be nowhere.”

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Veteran programs in full flight

In an attempt to advocate a moresustainable campus, Green Love,Aztec Shops and the Enviro-Business Society launched a post-consumer composting pilot pro-gram at East Commons earlier thissemester. Although the project isstill fairly new, the groups involved

are hoping the outcome will benefitthe campus.

On an average day, approximately30 to 40 percent of the student bodydines at East Commons. While it mayseem like the ideal location for acompost bin, the Enviro-BusinessSociety, also known as e3, found it hasnot been going as planned.

“It has been difficult to get peopleto dispose of their leftovers in thecompost bin,” Patrick Murphy, the

vice president of e3, said. “We havediscovered that many students finishtheir meals and therefore do nothave leftovers.”

SDSU Physical Plant is also partner-ing with e3 to bring vermiculture tocampus. Vermiculture, the process ofusing various species of worms forcomposting, is traditionally used as anorganic fertilizer. SDSU RecyclingCoordinator Steve Lincoln said hewould like to make the landscape oncampus more sustainable by com-pletely eliminating pesticides. Hewants to use decomposing vegeta-bles and food waste to form a nutri-ent-rich fertilizer.

According to Associated StudentsPresident Cody Barbo, postcon-sumer composting is an importantprocess because it is possible to takesomething paltry, such as leftoverfood, and turn it into something thesoil will benefit from. Discussionabout whether or not to place binsat East Commons have taken placeon multiple occasions. With themarketing aspect headed by GreenLove and the internal work from e3and Aztec Shops, the organizationswere able to come together and

execute the pilot stage for consumercomposting on campus.

According to Barbo, Green Loveand e3 would like to develop aware-ness and a sustainable culture amongstudents on campus.

“This project is similar to the bikelanes installed last school year. Whenthey were first introduced, studentsdid not know how to react, but withthis year’s new fall freshman andtransfer students, they understand theconcept and to stay out of the lanes,”Barbo said. “That’s what we hope tosee with the compost bins and withnext fall’s students, it will be like sec-ond nature for them to use the bins.”

In order to fulfill postconsumercomposting to the fullest, e3 hasapplied for a grant through theCalifornia State University system topurchase official composting bins.Any CSU student who has plans formaking their campus more sustain-able is eligible to apply for this grant.

Students can get involved with theinitiative to expand postconsumercompost on campus by spreading theword to their friends and classmates.

“Food has more potential than justgoing into a landfill,” Murphy said.

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San Diego State junior guard ChaseTapley was named Mountain West Co-Player of the Week yesterday.

Tapley was honored for his perform-ance in the Basketball Travelers Classic.He averaged 19.7 points, five rebounds,3.7 assists and five steals in the threegames. Tapley scored more than 20points twice in a three-game stretch.

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Emma Henrikson signed her NationalLetter of Intent yesterday and will joinSDSU next fall.

Henrikson is a member of theSwedish national team.

Aztecs head golf coach LeslieSpalding was pleased to sign Henrikson.

“We’re thrilled to have Emma join theAztec staff,” Spalding said. “She’s going tobe a very consistent player for us, whohas the ability to shoot low scores. Shehas a phenomenal golf swing and hasgreat length on the course which willplay to the strength of our team.”

—Compiled by sports editor AntonioMorales.

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The San Diego State men’s basketball team burstout of the gates with three wins on openingweekend. Here’s a look at how the Mountain WestConference teams were picked to finish in thepreseason poll and their records from the opening weekend of the season.

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Support came up shortwas born and raised in SanDiego; I’ve seen the crowdsfor Padres and Chargersgames when those teamswere both good and bad.

Growing up, I always heard thephrase, “San Diego loves a winner”when people talked about howcrowds would all of a suddenincrease as soon as a team startedwinning.

The San Diego State men’s bas-ketball team is a winner. Six straight20-win seasons, three NCAA tourna-ment appearances in those six years,three NIT appearances in the threeyears they didn’t make the NCAAtournament and, of course, theSweet-16 trip a year ago.

There were numerous sellouts lastseason during that magical run,when people described the atmos-phere at Viejas Arena as one of thebest in the country.

The number of tickets sold for theBasketball Travelers Classic wassolid: 11,734, 11,765 and 11,792 forthe three games respectively.

Those numbers mask the fact thatthe fan turnout for the three gamesthis weekend was rather weak.

If those in attendance were count-ed, the number would probably bebetween 6,000 to 7,000 people.

The Aztecs raised Sweet-16,Mountain West Conference champi-onship and MW tournament cham-pionship banners and honored headcoach Steve Fisher and former All-American Kahwi Leonard in front ofan arena that was half empty.

Watching highlights on YouTubeof junior guard Jamaal Franklin’spersonal slam dunk contest againstSouthern Utah in front of 6,000 peo-ple isn’t the most aesthetically pleas-ing thing to the human eye.

Junior guard Chase Tapley wasasked if he was bothered by thecrowd, or lack thereof, afterSaturday’s 70-37 win.

“It doesn’t bother us that much,like coach Fisher said, ‘The onlything we can worry about is SanDiego State,’” Tapley said. “If we keepdoing our part, then (the fans) willcome and support.”

The thing is, the men’s basketballprogram has done its part. Its beendoing its part for the last six years.

Maybe the sellouts and the bigcrowds were just a last-season thing.

I know this current edition of SDSUlooks vastly different from the lastone but its no excuse for the lack offan support during the weekend.

Franklin alone is worth the priceof admission. He scored 20 pointsin the first half against UC Davisand it looked like he was a threat toscore 40 points. Combine this withhis leaping ability and there’s rea-son for more than 6,000 fans toshow up to the arena.

This team gives 100 percent inevery game; it’s short on numbersbut not short on effort. There’s stilltalent on the team.

Yes, I saw the line for student tick-ets yesterday for the games againstUSC and Long Beach State thisweek. The crowd support was nevergoing to be lacking for those games.

I just hope the student-ticketline and crowd support is just asbig for a Monday game next monthagainst UC Riverside or a confer-ence game against a lesser team inJanuary or February.

—Antonio Morales is a journalismsenior

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omething happens to mewhen I leave the city.And I’m not just talkingabout something insignif-icant like missing my

family or the unbelievably deliciousMexican food I have access to atthe 24-hour drive-thru by myhouse. No, I’m talking about some-thing organic. Something cellular.Something within my body chem-istry that knows when I’ve traveleda significant distance away fromcivilization and I get the heebiest ofjeebies. Suddenly I’m overcomewith a crippling amount of anxietyand I just can’t deal.

Because I’m smart enough toknow better, I try not to do this toooften. I know when it’s going tohappen, so I try not to put myself inoutside-land situations.

I can’t help it if I’m a city girl.When I try to trace this irrational fearof the wilderness back to its origin, Irealize just how crazy I am and thatit really has no backing.

I have never lived right in themiddle of a bustling city. I grew upin the San Fernando Valley, whichis merely a suburb of Los Angeles. Inever had a bad experience camp-ing. In fact, I don’t even rememberever going camping. And if anyoneasks me to go camping nowadays,the uncomfortable feeling I getstems back as far as I can remem-ber. In the summer of 2005 I wentto New York City with my grand-parents and we stayed in the heartof Manhattan, just a short walkaway from Times Square, for fourdays. I remember staying up late inour room, sitting on the windowsilland looking down at the bustlingstreets that were just as busy at 3a.m. as they are at 3 p.m.Somehow, someway, the shoutingcab drivers and loud New Yorkerswere oddly comforting.

After our near-weeklong romp inthe city, we headed upstate to visitfamily. Driving away from the citywas like leaving my childhood pupon the curb behind us and watchingits big eyes disappear slowly in the

rearview mirror. The further northwe drove, the greener everythinggot. Where most people would feelcomfort in nature, I missed the dirt,grime and incessant honking I’dbecome used to falling asleep to.

We stayed in upstate New York forexactly 24 hours before we headedto the airport. I remember it beingthe most excruciating and painfullyboring 24 hours I have ever experi-enced. We ate dinner at the mostcliché diner, where everyone kneweveryone else’s name and when wegot home our only form of enter-tainment was a tired game of Jengaand my grandpa falling asleep any-where he sat down.

I once had a coworker who livedin Ramona. Driving from my apart-ment to see her was a trek and ahalf. I know it isn’t too far fromPoway, but that drive was killer. All Isaw were canyons and tumble-weeds from the one highway thatwent through the center of town.

Speaking of which, let’s establish agolden rule: If I can drive up onestreet and see an entire town, Iprobably do not want to spend anytime there. Even though the smalltown is only about 45 minutes out-side of San Diego, driving there gaveme that familiar, uncomfortable feel-ing. In fact, during my last semesterat San Diego Mesa College, I had towrite something called a “culturalplunge,” where I had to put myselfin an uncomfortable situation andwrite a paper about it. I chose todive, headfirst, into that small com-munity just outside of San Diego. Iforced myself to stay in that town aslong as I could bear it. But, after talk-ing to some little old ladies in abeauty parlor on the corner of MainStreet, I knew I had to get out ofthere, and fast.

My mom’s boyfriend lives in asmall mountain community justnorth of the San Fernando Valley.Just hearing my mom’s directions

pained me. When I asked her thebest way to describe the area, shesaid, “It’s not the middle of nowhere,but you can see it from there.”

I could already feel the small-town anxiety setting in. Drivingthrough the canyon into LakeElizabeth is truly an experience.Once you feel like you’ve drivenwhat feels like 1,000 miles of twistsand turns (filled with horse ranches,shooting ranges and endless tum-bleweeds, of course) you have totraverse about 30 more.

As I made my way in, I began tovisualize every opening scene ofevery crappy horror movie I hadever seen. I knew if my tire wasgoing to blow out anywhere in theworld, it would probably be on myway into this creepy town. If Istopped somewhere to get help, itwould be “The Texas ChainsawMassacre” all over again. Even theplace we had dinner at, TheHistoric Rock Inn, felt like a placethree of my closest friends and Iwould step into during our own“Texas” road trip and never leave.We would all be brutally murderedin the town of Lake Elizabeth andnone of us would be able to warnfuture travelers of those sleepy little“foothills have eyes” towns.

Now, being in this town gives mean uncontrollable sense of cabinfever. The nearest form of true civi-lization is 45 minutes away and I’vealready gone stir crazy. My momand brother are dancing around theliving room to Motown (andbecause my brother is such a hip-ster, he wanted to remind everyonethat it isn’t Motown, it’s Motownadjacent. Honestly, how annoying.)and I’m longing for the sounds offreeway on-ramp construction thathas been going on less than 100 feetaway from my front door for thepast two weeks.

Get me back to the hustle, thebustle, the noise and the peoplebefore I totally and completely losemy mind. Thanks.

—Hayley Rafner is a journalism junior.

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ARIES (March 21 - April 19) - Today is an 8 -Clear out space for a new possibility. Sort,organize and give stuff away. Take time toappreciate where you've been, as youprepare for where you're going.

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GEMINI (May 21 - June 21) - Today is an 8 -List your blessings. Doing this will makeyou happy. There's money coming in (andgoing out). Go for balance. Success isknowing you've done your best.

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